Introduction

Abstract

While I've been "involved" in information literacy ever since I arrived at Indiana State University in 1985, it seems as though I've always been explaining the ways libraries do things and trying to help others make sense of it. I've been doing all the readings about Generation this and Generation that, which is all well and good. From the academic standpoint, what I'm seeing is the need for more and more collaboration between librarians and teaching faculty, including convincing the teaching faculty that, if they want college students to use 'library resources', they need to make very specific requirements, including specific reading assignments, lists of reference books to go to for certain types of answers, etc. and the continuing need to make sure the teaching faculty understand the crucial role they play in 'getting information literacy' across.